About this site
About
This site presents an evidence-first, philological study of Genesis 1:1 in unpointed Biblical Hebrew, testing whether בראשית can be read as a nominal subject without violating attested Biblical Hebrew clause patterns or coordination behavior. The core argument is intentionally narrow: grammar and distributional comparanda are treated separately from reception history and theological reflections.
Method and scope
The study does not use gematria, numerology, or hidden-code methods. It relies on publicly checkable data: subject-initial clause comparanda, list and coordination behavior (’et-marking, waw distribution, asyndeton), and onomastics (phrase-shaped forms functioning as names in unpointed script).
Authorship and collaboration
This project was prepared by Allen Donow in collaboration with
ChatGPT (OpenAI) as a research assistant for corpus organization,
drafting, and formatting. All interpretations, claims, and remaining errors are the
responsibility of the author.
Versions and downloads
The Reader’s Digest is intended for non-specialists; the full Core and Appendices provide
documentation, examples, and replicability notes. See the Downloads page
for current PDF and working CSV files.
Contact
Allen Donow — adonow@yahoo.com
Privacy
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